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RSPB Otmoor Nature Reserve Noke

25/01588/DISCDischarge Of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 July 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 3 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) and 5 (CEMP: Biodiversity) of 25/00373/F

Received
16 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 15 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at RSPB Otmoor Nature Reserve Noke. Cherwell has handled 1,205 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 7 weeks quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Launton And Otmoor.

91% of conditions applications at Cherwell District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Discharge Of Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fencott And Murcott

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2025
Target decision date
13 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Cherwell
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cherwell

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